Wire-wiper



(No Model.)

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VQITQESSES I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

a QRIGH, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

WIRE-WIPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters-Patent No. 274,727, dated March 27, 1883.

Application filed April 1. 1882. (No model.)

.To'all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HENRY CRIGH, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and valuable Improvement in Wire-Wipers and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same,reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 is a cross-sectional view of my improved wire-wiper, and Fig. 2 is a partial longitudinal sectional view of the same.

This invention has relation to Wire-wipers for wiping the surplus metal 'from galvanized wire after it leaves the bath; and it consists in the novel construction and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

Referring by letter to the accompanying drawings, Adesignates the case orincasement, having the rear inclined door, B, extending from the bottom to near the top. of the same, as shown. g

G O designate bolts, which extend entirely across the door B and through the ends of the case A, so that by their removal the door B may be let down on its hinges D to permit the removal of the wiping material F in the incasement when it has become inoperative from use. At the front of the case A. and at the lower portion thereof, three doors, F G H, having notches f g h in their lower edges, are

hinged by hiugesI, which permit them to open upward. Loops J project from the front wall of the case above these doors, and pins K are employed tolock these doors when closed.

The notches f, g, and h may vary in size, in order to admit wires of difl'erent sizes to be wiped.

The sectional doors F G H are provided in order that if any of the wires are being improperly wiped the door in which the imperfection in action is occurring may be opened and the defect corrected without stopping the other wires.

The compressor Lis secured to the lower end of a screw, M, having a hand-lever, N, and is intended to compress the wiping material, consisting of mineral wool or sand, sufIiciently compact within the case to cause it to wipe the wire thoroughly as it leaves the metal pan. The lower end of the case is made smaller than the upper portion, so that the wiping material is compressed tightly at this point, where the surplus material is taken off as the wire leaves the pan of metal.

' By employingtheinclinedreardoor and rods I can discharge the contents of the ease and recharge it in about ten minutes time, whereas heretofore fully an hour has been required for this purpose.

A hinged wall has been locked in an open position by a rod and staples, to serve as a guard to prevent the discharge of the grapes in a wine-press;'but this construction would not be operative in the wire-wiper herein shown, and said construction is not claimed herein.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In a device for wiping galvanized wire, the case A, provided at its lower front portion with the hinged notched doors F G H, provided with I the notches orslots f g h, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

' HENRY ORIOH.

Witnesses:

JOHN Fennnarcx BUTLER, JOHN BOOTH. 

